CVE-2020-10720 (GCVE-0-2020-10720)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-09-03 17:49 – Updated: 2024-08-04 11:14
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Summary
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of GRO in versions before 5.2. This flaw allows an attacker with local access to crash the system.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Kernel Affected: Kernel versions before 5.2
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